---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-042599"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001417892"
company_name: "Emeren Group Ltd"
filed_at: "2024-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T03:26:18.894155+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Emeren Group auditor Grant Thornton US resigns; material weakness cited

## Summary
- Grant Thornton US resigned as independent auditor effective March 29, 2024.
- Material weakness: insufficient U.S. GAAP accounting personnel to prepare financial reports.
- Company seeking replacement auditor; Audit Committee accepted resignation.
- No other disagreements or reportable events besides the material weakness.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-042599
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001417892
- company_name: Emeren Group Ltd
- filed_at: 2024-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1417892/000110465924042599/0001104659-24-042599-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1417892/000110465924042599/tm2410614d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-042599.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Grant Thornton LLP (US) resigned as auditor of Emeren Group Ltd.
  - Action: resignation
  - Auditor: Grant Thornton LLP (US)
  source text: roup Ltd (the “Company”) was notified by its independent registered public accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP (US) (“Grant Thornton US”), of its decision to resign as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm effective as of that date. The Company’s Audit Committee accepted Grant Thornton US’s resignation. The Company appointed Grant Thornton US, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1417892/000110465924042599/0001104659-24-042599-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.